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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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Reminder to Dairymen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 8

All dairymen not registered with the Milk Board are reminded that the period in which they are required to renew registrations of dairy…

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Dairy Hands' Wages. Effect of Interim Basic Wage Increase

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 7

The following circular relating to wages in the dairying industry has been issued by Mr. F. Sedgwick, secretary of the Miik Zone Dairymen's…

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Radio-speaking Contest- Junior Farmers on the Air

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 10

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Gloucester Co-op. Dairy Company

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 2

At an extraordinary general meeting, the shareholders of the Gloucester Co-op. Dairy Company Ltd. decided to empower the Board to raise…

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Basic Wage Increase Effect on Dairying Industry

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

The Maitland branch of the Mills Zone Dairymen's Council has been advised by the council's solicitors, that the declaration of an interim…

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Sheep And Cattle Cheaper

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 3

SIDNEY, Monday.—Pitt on and Badgery, Ltd. report.—17.604 sheep and lambs penned, principally good duality. Heavy…

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Cattle Prices Lower To-day's Flemington Markets

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 2

Fat cattle, numbering- only 652. wore lower in price at the Flemington saleyards to-day. Sheep were also easier…

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Wool Sales Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 3

On Thursday, Messrs Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd., Newcastle, submitted to auction a Catalogue of 3,035 bales. The top price of 46d was secured…

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Poultry Farmers’ Claims

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.—Mr. F. Gaudry, president of the Associated Poultry Farmers of Australia, stated that a number of matters needed…

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Boys Available For Farms

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 1

Boys, willing to work on farms, can be selected by farmers from a long list, said the secretary of the Boys on Farms Movement (Mr R…

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Murrumbidgee Rice Crops Doing Well Big Yield Expected

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 4

Rice crops in the Murrumbidge[?] Irrigation Area are doing well and should yield heavily, reports the Agricultural Instructor (Mr. N. R…

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Rising Costs In Sheep And Wool Industry

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 1

The effect of any general rise in costs is particularly…

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Wool Review

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report that Monday of last week marked the opening of the second half of the 1946/47 wool selling…

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Controlling Wheat Weevils

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday. — The use of mineral dusts tor protecting wheat stored in bulk depots is described in Bulletin 199. just…

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Reminder To Dairymen

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 1

All dairymen not registered with the Milk Board are reminded that the period in which they are required to renew registrations of dairy premises…

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Wilt in Millet Crop

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 5

CORAKI, Tues—Hundreds of acres of broom millet nearing maturity on the Richmond River developed wilt, a plant disease,…

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Milk Price Subsidy Dairymen Discuss Penny Increase

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday—The central executive of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council is meeting in Sydney to-day to discuss its…

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Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson report selling 9000 bales of wool at their Sydney sales on Tuesday. Any change in values was upward. There was good…

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Glut of Butter in Eastern America Price Further Reduced

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, January 15—Householders in the eastern States welcomed a further reduction of 6d to 8d per pound in butter prices following another wholesale price drop on Monday, which is attributed to the glutted market…

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30/- Week Rise to Dairymen Effect of Milk Subsidy Increase

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.—The Increase In milk subsidy would mean nearly an extra 30/ a week to each of the 3400 producers in the…

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